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Lieberman admitted real reason for US war against Iraq

1 November 2021

Interviewed on 28 October 2021 by MSNBC host Mehdi Hassan, former Senator Joe Lieberman acknowledged that he induced Congress to support the war against Iraq not because of the weapons of mass destruction it allegedly possessed, but in order to overthrow President Saddam (...)

Iran’s allies lose Iraqi legislative elections

13 October 2021

The Iraqi legislative elections were boycotted by 59% of the citizens. The population is aware that the system is rigged, that foreign powers are calling the shots, that corruption is rife among the elites and that the militias do not abide by the law. It therefore lends no credibility to (...)

A New World Order Takes Shape (Part III)

The political architecture of the new Middle East

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 7 September 2021

The post-Syrian war Middle East is taking shape. Everything would change: Syria would join the Russian-led military coalition and be de facto protected by it. Lebanon would be placed under joint Russian-US tutelage but occupied militarily by France. Iraq would replace Lebanon as a regional (...)

"Before Our Very Eyes" (19/25)

The post-9/11 American empire watches, plunders and kills

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria) | 10 August 2021

We continue the publication of Thierry Meyssan’s book, « Before Our Very Eyes ». In this episode, he exposes the transformations of the American Empire thanks to 9/11: the creation of a system of internal surveillance of the civilian population and, externally, the launching of the endless war in (...)

Egypt-Iraq-Jordan Alliance

1 July 2021

The heads of state and government of Egypt, Iraq and Jordan met on June 27 in Baghdad. The three countries intend to strengthen their relations with Turkey as well as with Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Turkey occupies northwestern Iraq and supports the Muslim Brotherhood against Egypt. Saudi Arabia (...)

The United States justifies its bombing in Iraq and Syria

by Linda Thomas-Greenfield

New York (USA) | 29 June 2021

I wish to report, on behalf of my Government, that the United States, in the exercise of its inherent right of self-defense, as reflected in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, has undertaken targeted strikes against facilities at two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq (...)

Israeli, US and Turkish interests attacked in Erbil

18 April 2021

Strikes against Israeli Mossad offices, a US military base and another Turkish military base were reported on 13, 14 and 15 April 2021 in the city of Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.
For the first time, they were not executed with rockets, but with drones.
The local press links the (...)

Washington, Tehran place one of Soleimani’s assassins in power in Iraq

16 May 2020

Washington and Tehran concluded an agreement to appoint one of General Qassem Soleimani’s assassins, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, to the post of Prime Minister of Iraq.
Despite having dual British and Iraqi nationality, Mr. al-Kadhimi is reportedly close to the CIA. He was part of the Iraqi government (...)

US and Iranian violations of Iraqi sovereignty

by Mohammed Hussein Bahr Aluloom‎‎

New York (USA) | 9 January 2020

Further to our letter dated 6 January 2020 (S/2020/15) concerning the violation of the sovereignty of Iraq perpetrated by United States military forces on 3 January 2020, and on instructions from my Government, I am writing to inform you that Iraqi territory was violated yet again in the middle (...)

The Insoluble Contradictions of Daesh and the PKK/YPG

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria) | 12 November 2019

We only know what is happening in the Levant through the war propaganda of the country in which we live. We ignore other points of view and, more importantly, how our armies have behaved. To disentangle the true from the false, historians will have to examine the available documents. However, (...)

Three countries support plan for free movement of goods in the Levant

16 April 2019

Iran, Iraq and Syria confirmed on April 14, 2019 their intention to launch a regional railway project to link the Iranian port of Khorramshahr, in the northern Arabian-Persian Gulf, to the Syrian coast in the Mediterranean, passing through Iraq.
The initial decision on the project was taken in (...)

From Iraqi weapons of mass destruction to Syrian chemical weapons

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria) | 5 March 2019

In a report dated 1 March 2019, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) attests to the fact that were never any prohibited chemical substances in Douma (Syria) during the attack of 7 April 2018. The reprisal tripartite bombing (United States, France, United Kingdom) was (...)

France will give to Iraq 1 000 million euro

17 January 2019

Following the Head of US Diplomacy, Mike Pompeo, his French partner ‎Jean-Yves Le Drian also made a visit to Bagdad. His visit coincided with the visit of King Abdallah II of Jordan. ‎
To everyone’s surprise, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs announced that France – while in the throes of a (...)

Iraq at crossroads

10 September 2018

In response to the riots at Basra, the secular coalition of Moqtada al-Sadr has requested an apology from and the resignation of their former ally, the Iraqi Prime Minister Haïder al-Abadi.
Moqtada al-Sadr, although the Shiite leader, promises both a policy of independence with respect to Iran (...)

Al-Abadi declares a state of emergency in Iraq

20 July 2018

Demonstrations are taking place in Southern Iraq denouncing the lack of essential services that the government should guarantee.
At the weekend, Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi declared a state of emergency anticipating that the social movement would catch fire in the capital.
The protests (...)

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